Trained Identification Model for On-Demand POI Ranking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing online to offline services, such as on-demand transportation systems, face inefficiencies in determining relevant points of interest (POIs) based on predetermined manual rules, making it desirable to automate this process for improved efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a trained identification model, configured with historical transportation trip records, to determine and rank candidate POIs based on correlation probabilities, allowing for automatic and efficient recommendation of target POIs to users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If predetermined manual rules are used to determine correlative POIs, then the system implementation is simple, but the efficiency of determining POIs is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of determining POIsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses historical transportation trip records to automatically train the identification model, enabling the system to self-improve without manual intervention. The model automatically learns from user selection patterns and refines POI recommendations over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The identification model is trained in advance using historical transportation trip records before being deployed for actual POI determination. This preliminary training phase allows the model to learn from past user behaviors and make accurate predictions when processing new address queries.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If manual rules are adjusted frequently to improve POI accuracy, then the POI determination accuracy improves, but the maintenance cost and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovePOI determination accuracyVSAvoidtime for rule adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates user selection feedback from historical trip records to continuously improve the identification model. User selections serve as ground truth data that trains the model to better predict which POIs users actually want, creating a self-improving loop without manual rule adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual rule-based systems with an automated machine learning model. The mechanical process of manually creating and adjusting rules is substituted with an automated statistical learning system that processes historical data and generates predictions automatically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If a trained identification model is used to determine POIs, then the efficiency and accuracy of POI determination improve, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovePOI determination efficiencyVSAvoidmodel training complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The identification model serves multiple functions: it determines POI recommendations, ranks them by relevance, and adapts to different user preferences. A single unified model handles various query types and user behaviors, reducing the need for multiple specialized systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses historical transportation trip records as training data, creating a copy of past user behaviors and preferences. This historical data copy serves as the foundation for training the model, allowing it to learn from replicated patterns without requiring real-time human input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11120091B2Systems and methods for on-demand services
Publication Date: 2021.09.14 BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECH & DEV CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining target search results associated with a target query. The method may include obtaining a transportation service request including a target address query from a user terminal, and determining a plurality of candidate points of interest (POIs) associated with the target address query. The method may also include identifying one or more target POIs based on the candidate POIs by using a trained identification model. The trained identification model may be configured to provide a correlation probability for each of the one or more target POIs with the target address query. The method may further include ranking some or all of the one or more target POIs to produce a ranking result based on the correlation probabilities, and transmitting the ranking result to the user terminal.